Even after studying Virgil in my early years, I still don't believe that Thunderbird 2 could ever get off the ground.

Made some pork, fennel and chilli meatballs for tea (yet again Mrs Fa wanted hers with a baked potato instead of the pasta 🤷‍♂️)

Crap weather...so spent time making Christmas puddings and mulled wine for later.

Decided to make a Christmas pudding this year. The best thing about this decision is that the recipe calls for smallish amounts of different types of booze. So have rum, port and brandy going spare.

Down at the coast again today. We live only 7 miles inland from here and had mainly rain today!

Raining here again, Mrs Fa wanted ice cream....so I had the duty of dashing into Spar while she drove the getaway car back home.

Hey, comrade Mole @edcarver.bsky.social - have you developed "Spy-pigeon-on-wheels" to counter this threat? metro.co.uk/2025/11/27/p...

A ridiculously obvious point made ridiculously necessary to highlight only because of the current US administration and the rise of Reform in the UK.

Accidently heard some of R4 Moral Maze....Tim Stanley was pontificating. Felt immediately nauseous. Better now thanks.

Amongst the shite on Youtube, there are jewels. Love this channel exploring all the globe's different stringed instruments. This one is magical. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h812...

Gallions Reach

The petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian interference has really picked up stream and is now over 15k. Well done everyone for your good work. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Ffs, Ashes....England make me test my theory that bad things happen when I listen. I stay up to listen to the beginning. When Root gets out for a duck, I turn the radio off, go to bed Wake up and hear about brutal England bowling recovery. Yet another positive test of my theory.

Of course you don't necessarily need to take Russian bribes to blame the EU and NATO for Putin's bloody attack on Ukraine. You might just do that because you're a vile, racist, traitorous cunt. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

Good on Ed Davey. Anyone who doesn't see the primary aim in UK politics must be to prevent this vile piece of excrement becoming our PM is either a dribbling idiot or....well...a vile piece of excrement.

Coming to you via a future Reform UK government. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I've good memories of the 2010/11 Ashes as was in a holiday cottage, Cornwall....thick snow outside. Stayed up late by a log fire with whisky. I'm retired now, match begins 2:20 am...but need to do stuff tomorrow as we've people coming round.

BBC R4 news on the Russian spy boat. Newsreader pronounced 'rhetoric' as 're-toric' with stress on 2nd syllable. Sounded jarring.

I've despatched a spy dinghy up the Severn to monitor how @frmo.bsky.social cheats at Wordle. It's armed with lasers and heavily disguised he'll never spot it.

Hurry...get your tickets now! @frmo.bsky.social is finally headlining!

While I admit this was very niche, I'm still somewhat disappointed. bsky.app/profile/fara...

Donald Trump is coming for the BBC and for your wallets. I urged the Prime Minister to stand up for the 23.8 million licence fee paying households, and tell Trump he won't get a penny.

Missing Flamingo News : Day...whatever Frankie Flamingo, who's been missing for over a week, and not eaten by notorious (now seemingly castrated) swan-feaster @frmo.bsky.social, is believed to be living in France. And who can blame her given all the shitty flags? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#ProdModig As he's been very quiet today, I fee it's somebody's responsibility to poke @frmo.bsky.social

#SourdoughWankers Midnight....and this bastard still hasn't risen enough. Keep getting my timings wrong.

People I've sat next to on a train but didn't speak to as didn't want to be rude or risk being irritating. Jenny Agutter Will Self (he was drinking a can of Kronenbourg, reading and annotating a book while occasionally cackling)

It is with deep regret that we must announce that "Toaster Wankers" will cease publication. We thank our loyal readership who've stayed with us for decades. Subscribers* to our legacy "Gobbling Goblin Teasmade" sex channel have 2 months access remaining. *@frmo.bsky.social @sfawcs.bsky.social

Mrs Fa says "do you need to keep all those pudding ramekins in the cupboard?" It's on purpose to keep me making puddings to justify keeping them. So have done panna cotta - with raspberries.

No!

Missing Flamingo News : Day 4 Fears that Frankie the Flamingo may have been eaten by swan-swallowing @frmo.bsky.social have been allayed by recent sighting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What happens when the clickbait algorithm knows you live in Cornwall....but doesn't seem to know any other towns in Cornwall.

Frankie the Flamingo Still Missing : Day 2 Fears grow that notorious swan eater @frmo.bsky.social has varied his diet. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Been sorting more stuff at mum's down in Looe again. Mrs Fa met me there to have a swim (she's a bit obsessed by doing that...but in a healthy way)

Venison stew, horseradish dumplings tonight.

If Farage had declared he wasn't going to apply for a landlord licence from a "far left socialist" council, the Daily Mail would have championed his cause. No screaming about "breaking the law". They are protecting their own, the elites, the real money elites. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Happier news for a change. Seems democracies are able to turn back from hard right governments. I just hope the UK also doesn't have to actually go through having one before turning away. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nope. Circle of friends were just as weird as me, most were into prog rock and mind-altering substances. My electronics obsessed friend was impressed as this was the first performance where computers instantly transformed live sound from acoustic instruments. He spent ages talking to the tech guy.

Apparently, according to some supermarket ads, this is the "spooky season". Yes friends, it's a 'season' now. I understand that next, we'll be in "isn't war nasty season".

Didn't take long for this to happen. Farage tells his local Cllrs "focus on immigration and anti net-zero". Their constituents want action on affordable housing and local services. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our local clockmaker's being telling all his customers they must move their clocks forward by 2 hours tonight. He's such a wind-up merchant.

Tonight...smoked haddock, poached egg, hollandaise with bubble and squeak.

Anyone fancy a glass of port?

Went to the Garden House near Yelverton (Devon) last week. Late October, yet still loads of colour.

This is hilarious...remember when this story would have been The Sun's headline "Barmy Brussels Bureaucrats demand we stop calling Penguin bars 'chocolate'" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@frmo.bsky.social has been keeping a low profile. I understand he was recently overheard in Paris trying to ask people about a "cueilleur de cerises".

Friend from university days has been visiting. We walked from Looe to Polperro today and weather was glorious. Then had dinner back in Looe at the Sardine Factory (chef won a course on Great British Menu). Felt a bit emotional as the place was developed from my grandad's building workshop.

This is exactly right. The real "citizens of nowhere" owners of our right wing media will get exactly what they want from a Reform government.